bbc news, punjab. >> millions of struggling farmers. one of the world's greatest theaters, bolshoi theater in moscow, reopens this evening. president medvedev is among those that will attend the performance. the difficult and very expensive and reconstruction process. this report from moscow. >> for the last few weeks, one of the world's greatest theaters, the bolshoi theater, has been in a frenzy of preparation. today, the curtain is rising again. between the final rehearsals, one of the principal dancers gave me an emotional tour of the painstakingly renovated building. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we all know we have to keep the history and traditions of this place. this is a very happy moment for us. i have even got tears in my eyes. i am so happy. >> the renovation is immaculate and massively over budget. hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent. 3000 workers have done much of the labor by hand, including replacing all of the gold leaf. >> as ever in modern russia, the i watering cost of the building, half of 1 billion p

we met one farmer in punjab who is struggling to make ends meet. >> this farmer lives here. his nine-member family squeezed into two rooms sharing sbace their cattle. his father once owned 18 acres of land. enough for a life of plenty. but that changed as the life was carved up with every succeeding generation. what's left is not enough to support them. >> we live well but now each of us own three acres. and it's going to get divided further for the next generation. >> punjab once india's breadbasket growing much of the country's food. but in the past five decades, the number of farms have doubled. small pockets of land that are no longer productive, a rich fertile region is becoming like this. >> there's almost no land to go around. this used to be a rich state. now, it's a struggle to survive. instead, farmland is being cleared for other projects. across the land, construction is at full swing as far tracts of land are transforms. development at the urban rich this village is like any other you'll see in rural india. but across the street high-rises being built. it's typic

in south punjab he's almost out. so his base is not in central jab. so -- punjab. i could talk for hours, he is not as popular as you think. >> thank you very much -- >> and also may i say -- [laughter] i call him a closet taliban. [laughter] he's an extremist. there are extremist groups in punjab who are now his political partners. so he will be a bigger disaster if he, god forbid, comes in governance. i'm very sure he will never. if he comes to govern in pakistan, bigger disaster than the present situation. >> and we will be happy to host a debate between you and him here in washington if you -- >> let me assure you, let me assure you he will never come. [laughter] i stand. you call him, i will sit here. >> [inaudible] >> wait, wait, wait. wait. wait. all right, i'll call on you, but we're going to have -- it'll get -- call on this gentleman back here. >> good afternoon, sir. my name is reuben. i am with the american jewish committee, and we were privileged to give a donation of $50,000 in the pakistan earthquake and partner with the american association of pakis

the anti-terror court sentenced to death the killer of the governor of punjab province. the governor was assassinated after calling for reform of a law that criminalizes insults against islam. many muslim pakistanis are protestering the punishment of his killer. the court handed down a death sentence to a police officer saturday. he was a former bodyguard to a governor, but shot dead the man he was supposed to be protecting in january. he told the court that the governor deserved to die for imposing laws that mandate the death sentence for criticizing islam. on sunday, hundreds of supporters gathered in islambad to protest the decision>> translator: we protest this verdict and appeal to the government we should be given justice. >> the law has been criticized by international organizations, including human rights watch as a tool for persecuting religious minorities. dozens of pakistanis are sentenced to death each year for blasphemy, although actual executions are extremely rare. >>> and finally, after decades of conflict, the residents of kabul are used to explosions, g

in the south punjab he is almost out. so his base is not in punjab. i could talk for hours.he is not as popular as you think. also may i say, i called him a closet taliban. [laughter] he appeases extremist. there are extremist groups in punjab who are now his political partners. so he will be a bigger disaster if god forbid, he comes in governance. i'm sure he will never if he comes to governance in pakistan. a bigger disaster than the present situation. >> we will be happy to host a debate between you and him here in washington if you would like. >> let me assure you, he will never. you call him and i will sit right beside them. [inaudible] >> good afternoon sir. ion with the american jewish committee and we were privileged to give a donation of $50,000 in the pakistan earthquake and partner with the american association of physicians of the pakistani origin and washington hebrew obligation to send 800,000-dollar kosher meals to the quake affected area. in recent years we have reached out, try to reach out to the pakistan american committee. >> which community are you talki

and the third touchdown was the highlight of the being off the force in the past the punjab it best to pull out the middle of the park and if you try it went on to win twenty four points in the five win five games that then chicago school start. this is the big defeat. of the rugby world cup france have named an unchanged side for a saturday semifinal with weill's coach mark live among keeps the same side that beating england in the last day with morgan pereira again starting as flyhalf france have lost the semifinal stage of the last two world cups but believe their experience today will see them through this time the players have six hundred eighty seven caps between them and also a good record against the welsh. having only lost once in the last seven meetings. now we will end with mixed martial arts because russian fighter feed. is preparing to face one of his biggest challenges the last emperor goes up against american jeff monson in moscow on november the twentieth and sees it as a chance to revive his career his robert the daniel. fulls never stands up the wards of financial had

radical muslims have protested across pakistan against a death sentence being given to the killer of a punjab governor one of the officials own guards shot him dead earlier this year because of his remarks on pakistan's blasphemy law the assassin's lawyer is appealing the said this emphasizing that death penalties are rarely carried out in pakistan in recent years. pakistan's role in securing a coalition victory in afghanistan has been overlooked for years although today it's today the part it's playing is getting more recognition that washington and islamabad rally rarely see eye to eye with political joe sting pushing relations to a new low our military analyst explores what it might take to guarantee pakistan's support. this is the commanding height that dominates this sweeping view was the area of kabul the afghan capital. right behind me of the reason bad three weeks ago was under the twenty hour siege by the ha going to network right after nine eleven the united states government made to fateful decision to authorize then military invasion into afghanistan their mission was called opera

and the third touchdown was the highlight of the ring off forcing the basket punjab it but. the middle of the park untouched if you try it went on to win twenty four points in the ninety five win five gangster then they will start saying this is the big defeat. of the rugby world cup france have nineteen unchanged side for saturday semifinal with whilst coach mark latham and keeps the same side debating glint in the last day again starting as flyhalf france have lost the semifinal stage of the last two world cups but believe their experienced day will see them through this time the players have six hundred eighty seven caps between them and also a good record against the wealthy. having only lost once and the last seven meetings. now we will end with mixed martial arts because russian fighter feed or meeting in care is preparing to face one of his biggest challenges the last emperor goes up against american jeff monson in moscow on november twentieth and sees it as a chance to revive his career as robert downey. the new fools never stands up to the words of the men who had d

on their third touchdown of the night was the highlight after forcing the past punjab it's best to avoid the middle of the park untouched detroit went on to win twenty four point. five wins from five games for them forty cargoes poor start continues to stand. now having lost the rugby world cup crime south africa have returned home with their coach and two veteran stars of the team calling time on their careers after their quarter final exit to destroy the springboks came back to janice burke and it's an end of an era for some of them captain john smit has now retired from international rugby and vice captain victim mountfield will retire from the game completely while coach peter de villiers is not expected to renew his contract when the current one expires in december but says he is proud of what the side change. really don't cry during friday's world country there are going to be brought blow to ones that worry is. the players will go they. will blues themselves will break the bones will begin building for discovery and they make me proud to be part of this broader discussion. and we

radical muslims have protested across pakistan against a death sentence being given to the killer of a punjab governor one of the officials own guards shot him dead earlier this year because of his remarks on pakistan's wants from me with your staff and spoiler is appealing that sentence emphasizing that death penalties have rarely been carried out in pakistan in recent years. thousands of students have marched through the italy's capital protesting against as it education cuts through paint and flares that banks and trying to block railway lines but eventually were dispersed by police demonstrators say the event marks a new wave of what's been called all of them which last year saw several thousand people clash with police italy recently signed off forty five billion euros of cuts to tackle its debt. now trying to discover more of the world's biggest country in our close up series on russia. today we're traveling to the pens a region around six hundred kilometers southeast of moscow granted to states there have been spired some of russia's greatest writers including me. but as you have expla

in south punjab, he is almost out. his base is not in central punjab. he is not as popular as you think. also, may i say -- i call him a closet taliban. [laughter] he is an extremist. those in punjab are now his political partners. if he comes to govern in pakistan, he would be a bigger disaster than the present situation. >> we would be glad to host a debate if he comes to washington. >> he will never come. you call him and i will sit right here. >> i will call on you. i call on this gentleman that there. >> is what with the american jewish committee. we were privileged to give a donation of $100,000 to pakistan to send kosher meals to the affected area. in recent years, we have reached out to the american community and have tried to reach out to the pakistan-american community. when you were president, the foreign minister met with the foreign minister of israel. -- foreign minister of palestine. the israelis and many israeli jews saw pakistan as a bridge between the israeli jewish world and the islamic world. >> is there a question? >> would you see

of the walmart family's crystal bridges art museum in arkansas; and a cultural heritage center in punjab the projects, safdie says, reflect the unique environment in which they were created. >> i think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of the place. so my buildings in india or in kansas city or in arkansas or singapore, they come out different because the places are so different. >> brown: safdie himself is a product of many cultures. he was born in haifa, and emigrated to montreal as a young man, where he studied architecture. he now calls boston his home. he burst to fame in his 20s with a design featured at the 1967 world expo for high-density apartment living called "habitat". 40 years later, after designing numerous museums, libraries, and airports, he's starting to focus again on urban living. last year, he built a huge multi-use complex in downtown singapore with a large park and gardens on top. and he's currently working on three mega-apartment buildings in asia. >> these cities of 2

he has no business in the three smaller provinces, in punjab, in south punjab he is almost out. so i mean, i can cut it down. he is not as popular as you think. >> thank you very much. >> also may i say, he -- i call him project taliban. he is an extremist. he has extremist roots in punjab who are now his political partners so he will be a bigger disaster if he god for bid come in governance and i am sure if he will never if he comes to govern in pakistan, a bigger disaster than the present situation. >> we'll be happy to host a debate between you and him here in washington. >> i can assure you -- let me assure you he will never come. >> i know. >> i stand. you call him and i will sit here. >> wait, wait, wait. all right. i'll call on you but, you know, let me call on this gentleman right back there. >> good afternoon, my name is nisim reuben. i am with the american jewish community and we were privileged to give a donation of $50,000 in the pakistan earthquake and partner with the american association of citizens of pakistani oregon again -- origin to send kosher meals to the a

if they actually, if their tank armies actually did collide further to the south around south of punjab and the indians broke through, the pakistanis might be tempted to use nuclear weapons. this is a concern that this is actually what might happen so in effect they are really deterred. >> stevia mentioned steve you mentioned earlier about the demographics in pakistan and we have talked about the fall line of india and pakistan and the kashmiri fault line which, all these can trigger the kinds of responses that john has laid out. but, another fault line has to do with their durbin in the rural and in your book you talk about instant cities. it is itself a phenomenon so characters gives -- characteristic of these countries. >> in both countries you have massive urban growth taking place around the developing world than i could almost have gone and done the book on mumbai although there is already an outstanding book which i would recommend to you on mumbai but i could've gone to delhi. i could've gone to a lot of places. i could've gone to look for in pakistan and even islamabad. tremend